Description

MARCEL VERCAMMEN (MERKSEM, ANTWERP, 20 JULY, 1910 – DIEST, 2 FEBRUARY, 2000)

He studied singing at the Conservatoire of Antwerp under Mina Bolotine and then with Clemens Glettenberg in Cologne. Later, he was a pupil of the famous heroic tenor Max Lorenz. Initially, he appeared as a concert singer. He made his debut in 1940 at the Opera Antwerp and remained a member of this opera house until 1971. He made guest appearances in Paris (Grand Opéra, 1956, as Tannhäuser), Marseille, Strasbourg, Cologne, and at the National Theater in Mannheim. Since 1960, he was frequently heard as a guest at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels. Starting in 1958, he taught singing at the Conservatoire of Antwerp. His repertoire included Pollione in Norma by Bellini, Manrico in Il Trovatore, Tannhäuser, Siegmund in Die Walküre, Parsifal, José in Carmen, Samson in Samson et Dalila by Saint-Saëns, and Dimitri in Boris Godunov by Mussorgsky.

Chronology of some appearances

1940-1971 Antwerp Opera House

1956 Paris Grand Opéra

1960 Brussels Théâtre de la Monnaie

TRACKLIST

1. Aida (Verdi) Celeste Aida Orkest van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Opera
2. Andrea Chenier (Giordano) Come un bel dì di maggio Orkest van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Opera
3. Andrea Chenier (Giordano) Un di all’azzurro spazio Orkest van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Opera
4. Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) Brindisi Orkest van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Opera
5. Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) Compar Alfio Orkest van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Opera
6. Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) Mamma, quel vino è generoso Orkest van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Opera
7. Fidelio (Beethoven) Gott! welch’ Dunkel hier! Orkest van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Opera
8. Iris (Mascagni) Apri la tua finestra Orkest van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Opera
9. Lucrezia Borgia (Donizetti) Di pescatore ignobile Orkest van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Opera
10. Meistersinger (Wagner) Am Stillen Herd Orkest van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Opera
11. Norma (Bellini) Meco all’altar di Venere… Me protegge Orkest van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Opera
12. Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Vesti la giubba Orkest van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Opera
13. Rienzi (Wagner) Almächtiger Vater Orkest van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Opera
14. Siegfried (Wagner) Nothung… Schmiede, mein Hammer… So schneidet Siegfrieds Schwert with Carl Dieckman Orkest van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Opera
15. Tosca (Puccini) Perchè chiuso… La vedi Ti ama with Rita Gorr Orkest van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Opera
16. Walküre (Wagner) Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond Orkest van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Opera